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See also:IGLAU (See also:Czech Jihlava) , a See also:town of Aastria, in See also:Moravia, 56 tn. N.W. of See also:Brunn by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 24,387, of whom 4200 are Czechs and the See also:remainder Germans. Iglau is situated on the Iglawa, See also:close to the Bohemian frontier, and is one of the See also:oldest towns in Moravia, being the centre of a See also:German-speaking See also:enclave. Among the See also:principal buildings are the churches of St See also:Jakob, St See also:Ignatius, St See also:John and St See also:Paul, the town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, and the See also:barracks formed from a monastery suppressed under the See also:emperor See also:Joseph II. There is also a See also:fine See also:cemetery, containing some remarkable monuments. It has the principal See also:tobacco and See also:cigar factory of the See also:state See also:monopoly, which employs about 2500 hands, and has besides a large and important textile and See also:glass See also:industry, See also:corn and saw-See also:mills, pottery and See also:brewing. Fairs are periodically held in the town; and the See also:trade in See also:timber, cereals, and See also:linen And woollen goods is generally brisk.
Iglau is an old See also:mining town where, according to See also:legend, the See also:silver mines were worked so See also:early as 799. See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Ottakar I. (1198–1230) established here a mining-See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office and a See also:mint. At a very early date it enjoyed exceptional privileges, which were confirmed by King See also:Wenceslaus I. in the See also:year 1250. The town-hall contains a collection of municipal and mining See also:laws dating as far back as 1389. At Iglau, on the 5th of See also:July 1436, the treaty was made with the See also:Hussites, by which the emperor See also:Sigismund was acknowledged king of Bohemia. A See also:granite See also:column near the
town marks the spot where See also:Ferdinand I., in 1527, swore fidelity to the Bohemian states. During the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War Iglau was
twice captured by the Swedes. In 1742 it See also:fell into the hands of
the Prussians, and in See also:December r8o5 the Bavarians under
See also:Wrede were defeated near the town.
End of Article: IGLAU (Czech Jihlava)
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